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The California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA has opened its new Integrated Systems Nanofabrication Cleanroom (ISNC), more than doubling the amount of cleanroom space available on the Westwood campus and extending research capabilities to researchers in biology and medicine.

The facility, which houses more than $8 million of state-of-the-art equipment, features 9,700 square feet of highly purified and regulated cleanroom and support space, kept free of bacteria, viruses and other contaminants.


"This facility greatly enhances the nanofabrication services available to researchers," said the facility's faculty director, Kang Wang, the Raytheon Professor of Physical Electronics at UCLA's Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science and an associate director of the CNSI. "By offering unique services like bio-suites capable of maintaining stringent cleanliness for biological applications, the ISNC is an excellent resource for companies interested in product development but who do not have access to a fully outfitted cleanroom."


As a shared resource facility, the ISNC is available to all researchers at UCLA, as well as those from other universities, industry and government. Like all the CNSI's core labs, the ISNC is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. After setting up an account and undergoing training, researchers can book equipment using an online reservation system.

Equipped with tools like an electron-beam writer capable of fabricating nanoscale structures with device geometries as low as 10 nanometers and an ASML optical stepper capable of 0.3-micron resolution, the ISNC will also serve as a valuable resource for startup companies. Early-stage companies like those at UCLA's on-campus technology incubator at the CNSI don't have the resources to purchase millions of dollars worth of cleanroom equipment, though such equipment can be vital for their proof-of-concept work.


The ISNC is divided into 12 "aisles," or process bays, with adjacent support chases. Four of the aisles are rated at Class 100, meaning that each cubic foot of air contains less than 100 particles larger than 0.5 microns. To minimize contamination, the cleanroom has only one point of entry; researchers enter through a gowning area, where they are outfitted with a full cleanroom suit, including booties, gloves and a hood. The facility also includes six Class 1,000 aisles and two integrated bio-suite bays with their own isolated air supply for working with cells, tissues and other biological samples.

The integrated bio-suites were developed as a tool for researchers at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center and the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, both located on campus, less than five minutes from the CNSI. This proximity makes it is easy to transport live samples such as cells directly into the cleanroom. "The bio-suites will be a vital tool for medical researchers," said CNSI associate director Leonard H. Rome, who is also senior associate dean for
research at the Geffen School of Medicine and a professor of biological chemistry.
"Nanotherapeutics is a very promising field, and the opening of the cleanroom will help bring medical diagnostics devices and treatments from research settings into actual use in medicine."

For researchers working on medical devices that must operate in biological environments, the ISNC provides a unique opportunity to do all the patterning and biological processes in a cleanroom environment, avoiding the problems of contamination encountered when moving devices between laboratories.

"The ISNC is up and running thanks to generous support from Intel, one of CNSI's founding industry partners," said Paul S. Weiss, CNSI director and Fred Kavli Professor of Nanosystems Sciences at UCLA. "Successes like this highlight CNSI's close collaborations with industry partners to commercialize nanoscience and nanotechnology research at UCLA."

In addition to support from Intel, significant equipment contributions came from ASML, Micron Technology Inc. and International Rectifier.

To maximize the cleanroom services offered on campus, the ISNC was developed as a complementary facility to the Nanoelectronics Research Facility (NRF) at UCLA's Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science. Each of these cleanrooms has its unique strengths — the ISNC with biological processes and patterning smaller features, and the NRF with electronics research. The partnership also provides ISNC staff with a valuable resource, as they are able to tap into the NRF staff's 20 years of experience.



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NAPLES, Fla., Oct 07, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) --
Industrial Nanotech, Inc./quotes/comstock/11i!intk(INTK0.02,+0.00,+29.03%), an emerging global leader in nanoscience energy saving solutions, announced today that their patented Nansulate(R) Translucent PT thermal insulation and asset protection coating has been chosen for an oil refinery project to provide thermal insulation and corrosion protection of an oil pipeline at Galp Energia's Porto Refinery. The order for the project was placed last week by the coating contractor, Prozinco.

Nansulate(R) coatings are currently included in an additional project bid which is pending award, for fuel storage tanks at the same refinery.


"We have been in contact with Galp Energia for several months and provided them details related to the performance of our patented technology for thermal insulation and corrosion control for oil and gas tanks, pipelines and equipment," stated Francesca Crolley, V.P. of Business Development for Industrial Nanotech, Inc. "The insulation will be used at their Porto Refinery and will provide both thermal insulation and corrosion prevention. Nansulate(R) coatings are desirable in many types of environments due to their resistance to moisture absorption and ability to retain their insulating ability over time without degradation. This applications consists of 20 coats of Nansulate(R) Translucent PT for insulation to reduce surface temperature from 100C to approximately 30C. The overall dry film thickness of the application will be approximately 1,000 microns. Nansulate(R) technology was originally created specifically for these types of applications; to provide a solution to corrosion under insulation (CUI), while offering excellent weathering capabilities and performance attributes that are not typically found in other types of insulation. We look forward to more projects with Galp Energia in the future."


Galp Energia SGPS SA, Portugal's biggest oil company, plans to invest 5.2 billion euros ($6.5 billion) through 2013 as it develops projects including Tupi, the biggest oil discovery in the Americas in three decades. Galp plans to spend 2.2 billion euros on its refining and marketing division, mostly on conversion projects at its Sines and Porto refineries as it tries to increase diesel output and improve refining margins. Galp Energia acquires from several suppliers the crude oil that is processed in its refineries at Sines and Porto. These refineries have a total refining capacity of 310 thousand barrels of crude oil a day, or 20% of the Iberian Peninsula's refining capacity.


About Nansulate(R)


Nansulate(R) is the Company's patented product line of award winning, specialty coatings containing a nanotechnology based material and which are well-documented to provide the combined performance qualities of thermal insulation, corrosion prevention, resistance to mold growth, fire resistance, chemical resistance and lead encapsulation in an environmentally safe, water-based, coating formulation. The Nansulate(R) Product Line includes industrial, residential, agricultural and solar thermal insulation coatings. Additional information about the Company and its products can be found at their websites, (www.industrial-nanotech.com) and (www.nansulate.com). Blog: www.nansulate.com/nanoblog, Twitter: www.twitter.com/NanoPioneer, Search 'Nansulate' on Facebook.


About Industrial Nanotech Inc.


Industrial Nanotech Inc. is a global nanoscience solutions and research leader and member of the U.S. reenbuilding Council, the American Solar Energy Society, and an official ALLY organization with the U.S. Dept. of Energy "Save Energy Now" program. The Company develops and commercializes new and innovative applications for sustainable nanotechnology which are sold worldwide.


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ADA Technologies, Inc. received an $80,000 contract
from the U.S. Navy for development of high performance fiber reinforced
polymer (FRP) composites for use in the design and manufacture of
robust and reliable submarine and submersible hatches. ADA, in
partnership with Alion Science and Technology, Mystic, CT bagged the
six-month contract.

The Phase I research focuses on the use ofnanomaterials to greatly enhance the interlaminar properties of FRP
materials. ADA's strategy is based on identifying nanomaterials that are
relatively inexpensive and available in large volumes. "We expect ADA's
material technology to provide dramatic improvements in key material
properties, while having minimal impact on material and manufacturing
costs," said Douglas Campbell, ADA R&D program manager.
"Furthermore, we are especially excited as it addresses a significant
performance limitation of FRP composites and thus would have broad
application to not only the marine industry, but also the aerospace,
automotive, renewable energy, sporting goods and virtually all
industries that make use of FRP composite material."
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